This Man Converted His Humble 2BHK Flat Into A Palace Using DIY Techniques & We Want A Crash Course

Refurbishing a house takes money, and if you want a luxury home, that’s a lot of money. You’d rather live more humbly than spend a major chunk of your peanuts salary in buying expensive furniture. Hampshire resident Adrian Reeman doesn’t agree. The 67-year-old man converted his 2BHK flat into a palace using Do-It-Yourself hacks. Yes, he did it himself, while we wait for the plumber to fix our bathroom tap.

Adrian is a pensioner who worked as a chef in the Merchant Navy, and had no professional knowledge of how to build and create. Just a man with a hammer and chisel. The entire process took 30 years as Adrian was not working on it continuously but between his jobs whenever he could spare the time.

He began from scratch, working on the dull interiors of his council flat. From carving beautiful woodwork on panels to changing doors, ceilings and every possible inch of the flat, he managed to create a breathtaking wonder. The house now resembles the Palace of Versailles, even though Adrian hasn’t ever been to the palace. Well, now he lives in one.

How He Did It

Since Adrian has no professional knowledge of carpentry, masonry etc., he just began with fixing basic paneling of walls and ceilings. The more he worked on the house, the more he got interested in creating a masterpiece. “I just thought it would keep me busy if I started to make it look nicer, and the project grew from there,” he told The Sun.

And it didn’t cost him a bomb since he sourced a lot of his materials from skips and shops giving away discarded pieces. He recreated a lot of furniture and wardrobes using discarded wood, and tables from old wooden bowls.

He even retouched the bathroom to give it a beautiful marble finished look and is still doing the final touches. “I’m currently working to make the toilet look like its made of marble. It’s only a small lavatory, and you can barely turn around in it, but that doesn’t mean you cannot make it look grand,” he was quoted by The Sun as saying.

He lives there with his wife Annette who now loves her new home. But there’s a dampener – it’s a rented house and a clause in the agreement requires them to return the flat to its original state when vacating! Now, of course, that won’t be possible!